Updating Excel spreadsheets over the Internet?

We have a client who has several satellite locations. Each day, each of
these locations enters data into a spreadsheet then emails that sheet to the
home office. The home office then must review each sheet to generate totals
for the previous day's business.

Is there a feature in Excel that would allow us to make the spreadsheets
available to each satellite online, then from their daily input, create a
"master file/spreadsheet" that summarizes dialy business activities for the
entire operation?

We would like to have each satellite be restricted to their own information;
the client doesn't really want them to have access to the other offices'
data.

Thanks.

dlm
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Dan Merkel

Sounds a bit archaic

I would recommend

A web based database (SQL or mySQL) that stores data by department.
(Directory access can be limited on the server side with reasonable
security.)

A few simple PHP pages that enable the satellite locations to load and
download their data from the database (again server side security controls
access to members of the organization and by location)

An Excel Template that facilitates entry and upload of the daily activity
(the latter accomplished with VBA that creates CSV file and loads file
directly to database via PHP/Web form) and download/view of historical
activity (again using XL get external data from Web controlled with VBA)

HTH

PC

Why not create a simple vb application that will export the


"Dan Merkel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> We have a client who has several satellite locations. Each day, each of
> these locations enters data into a spreadsheet then emails that sheet to
the
> home office. The home office then must review each sheet to generate
totals
> for the previous day's business.
>
> Is there a feature in Excel that would allow us to make the spreadsheets
> available to each satellite online, then from their daily input, create a
> "master file/spreadsheet" that summarizes dialy business activities for
the
> entire operation?
>
> We would like to have each satellite be restricted to their own
information;
> the client doesn't really want them to have access to the other offices'
> data.
>
> Thanks.
>
> dlm
> ---------------------------
> Dan Merkel
>
>